SCION RACING ADDS FOURTH DRIVER TO ITS TEAM
AT NHRA LAS VEGAS SPORT COMPACT NATIONALS

TORRANCE, Calif., July 11, 2006 – Scion Racing, now in its second year on the NHRA Sport Compact Class circuit, has announced the addition of veteran racer Kenny Tran to its talented team of drivers. Tran will make his debut in a Q – Nitto Scion tC at the NHRA Las Vegas Sport Compact Nationals, July 14-15, in the Hot Rod Class.

Tran began his professional racing career in 1997 and went on to compete in the NHRA Sport Compact and NOPI Race Wars series. Tran finished third in the Hot Rod point standings for the fourth time in his career in 2005.

The Q – Nitto tC is a methanol-powered race-modified 2.4-liter 3RZFE Garrett / Precision turbocharged Toyota engine expected to produce over 1,100 horsepower. Tran’s Hot Rod Scion racer features Precision – Garrett GT42R ball bearing turbo with full race manifold, a Peterson mechanical pump with eight 1600 cc precision injectors, Precision liquid-air intercooler, Tin Works manifold, Accufab throttle body, MoTeC M800 and ADL engine management systems, custom Brink suspensions with Strange shocks and carbon brakes, and Xtrac sequential gear box. The car will burn up the track on Nitto Drag Slicks 28 x 10.5 x 15 tires and American Racing TrakStar Lite wheels.

Tran will be joined in Las Vegas by his fellow Scion Racing drivers, including Christian Rado, in WORLD Racing's Pro FWD tC; Leslie Durst, in Horizon Motorsports' All-Motor tC; and defending NHRA Sport Compact Class champion Brad Personett, in Titan Motorsports’ Pro RWD/Pro Compact tC.